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                        PLANET ANOMALY UPDATE
		               2005 #7-2
                       (issued 8-Jul, 9:15 UT)
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	              Rise to caustic exit peak 
	    

Dear Colleagues,

further PLANET data on OGLE 2005-BLG-153 / MOA 2005-BLG-23 collected with the
Danish 1.54m at ESO LaSilla, the Perth 0.6m near Bickley (Western Australia)
and the Canopus 1.0m near Hobart (Tasmania) indicate that the event is now
rising to a caustic exit peak, where the source source is likely to start
exiting the caustic anytime from now and expected to do so within the next
24 hours. The duration of the caustic exit is expected to be of the order of
the duration of the corresponding entry, i.e. 1.5-2.5 days.

The long caustic-exit duration together with the bright target provides a
good opportunity for stellar atmosphere studies. A good coverage of both 
the leading and the trailing limb of the source passing the caustic is
particularly valuable.

A light curve plot and data files for this event are available on our
webpage, which is frequently updated.

Event:           OGLE 2005-BLG-153 / MOA 2005-BLG-23
RA (J2000):      18:04:17.30
Dec (J2000):     -28:40:49.3 

The baseline I magnitude reported by the OGLE team is 13.953.

For more information:
PLANET:            http://planet.iap.fr
OGLE:              http://www.astrouw.edu.pl/~ftp/ogle/
MOA:               http://www.physics.auckland.ac.nz/moa/

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On behalf of the PLANET collaboration

Martin Dominik

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